Transform Your Casino Marketing: Planning Starts at Boot Camp
Executive-Style Marketing Strategy Workshop for Casino Teams
August 4 – 6, 2026 | River Spirit Casino Resort
Build your 2027 casino marketing plan in a hands-on, executive-style workshop designed for regional operators. Casino Marketing Boot Camp Midwest 2026 blends short, focused talks with team-coached working labs so you leave with decisions made, not just notes taken.
Across core themes—promotions and calendar design, segmentation and offer architecture, direct mail with omnichannel orchestration, player development and loyalty, and measurement with practical KPIs—you’ll pressure-test ideas, align budgets, and map a 90-day activation plan. Expect real-world templates, peer reviews, and coach critiques to strengthen your plan before you get back on property.
Whether you’re leading one property or a regional portfolio, this casino marketing training helps you simplify choices, optimize response, and protect share against competitors.
🎯 What Makes This Boot Camp Different?
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Executive-Development Format – Designed to develop your strategic thinking, collaboration, and leadership skills.
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Team Coaching Model – Each team is paired with a dedicated coach for on-site support and post-event follow-up.
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Real-World Results – Leave with a calendar, campaigns, and KPIs set—ready to execute.
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Peer Learning – Build alongside marketers solving the same challenges you face.
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Ongoing Support – Keep momentum going with follow-ups after Boot Camp.
Who Should Attend?
Casino marketers, executives, and cross-functional teams who want to sharpen strategy, maximize results, and gain a competitive edge—whether you lead a single property or multiple locations.
You’ll be able to:
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Cut through the noise with proven tactics tailored for regional casinos.
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Optimize budget and allocation to improve ROI.
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Strengthen loyalty and reduce competitor bleed.
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Walk away with a customized, ready-to-execute plan for 2027.
Spots are limited—Secure yours today!
Topics We’ll Cover (With Working Labs Built In)
This planning workshop is built around one goal: helping you leave with a calendar you can execute. Across three days, you’ll clarify your brand filter, learn repeatable promotional and event mechanics, add finance rigor to your planning, and pressure-test execution details like print, partnerships, gifting, and access management. You’ll work in real time, build with your team, and walk away with stronger concepts, smarter sequencing, and a plan that’s defendable—internally and financially.
Day 1: Build the Calendar Engine
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Brand (Filter First): Define what belongs on your calendar—and what doesn’t.
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Sensory-Informed Design: Use “feel” and sensory cues to drive behavior and memorability.
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Promotional Mechanics Workshop: Repeatable promotion formats and operational realities.
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Hospitality Event Workshop: Build high-value experiences with usable budget dynamics.
Day 2: Inspiration → Finance Rigor → Execution
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Legacy Sharing: Real-world stories and lessons from an industry leader.
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Finance of Marketing: Segmentation and matrix planning through a P&L lens.
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Print Production Workshop: Production choices that signal value and lift response.
Day 3: Partnerships + Enablement + Supplier Spotlights
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Partnerships + PD Ticketing + RSVP/Access: Choose well, manage inventory, execute access.
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Gifting & Continuity: “Good / Better / Best” structures that work operationally.
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Supplier Spotlights: Real solutions, successful programs, immediate takeaways.
Early Bird
- Enter TWEETY at checkout for 10% off single-attendee attendance. Valid through June 30, 2026.
- Includes breakfast and lunch each day.
- Not valid for vendors. Please call (504) 309-5653 for vendor packages.
Regular
- Includes breakfast and lunch each day.
- Groups of 3 or more can get a discount of 15%. Just select the group option at registration and the discount will be applied at checkout automatically. For more than three attendees, email julia@jcarcamoassociates.com.
- Not valid for vendors. Please call (504) 309-5653 for vendor pricing.
Wondering if this is worth it?
Need more convincing? Here’s what our past attendees have to say.
one of the best
Great conference – one of the best, if not the best, I’ve been to. My head was ready to explode after the first day! Everyone should continue to learn and grow if they want to be successful; this is a great way to expand your knowledge and mindset!
Rich Colton
Three Rivers Casino Resort
can't wait to come back!
This was a great opportunity for my team and myself. We were able to engage in conversation surrounding Marketing that we don’t often get to do. It was a great learning experience and we can’t wait to come back!
Dez Edmund
Grand Lake Casino
It was amazing!
It was great to hear from other people working through the same problems. It’s totally worth the time. It is structured and intense, but it is worth it.
Alicia Jatkola
Database Marketing Manager
Black Bear Casino Resort
Great Way to Shore Up Your Marketing Knowledge
It’s great if you have only a little marketing experience, have not spent a lengthy time in marketing, or have not received marketing schooling. It definitely was helpful to look at things in a different way.
Natashia Domeier
Player Development Manager
Lake of the Torches
Get Ready to Learn
Come in with an open mind and be ready to learn and take notes!
Olivia Roebken
Sr Marketing Manager
Running Aces
Do it!
Do it! You don’t know what you don’t know. Boot Camp is the right environment to ask the dumb question because it is so small nobody looks down on you or thinks less of you. It’s a very engaging environment
Andrew Graning
Grand Falls Casino
privilege and invaluable
To network with other casinos and bounce ideas off each other is an absolute privilege and invaluable in measurement to the total experience. This opportunity should be taken by all marketing professionals!
Tricia Turner
BJ’s Bingo & Gaming
phenomenal team-bonding experience
You learn a lot more than you think you will. It’s a fun and safe space to throw ideas around and collaborate with like-minded people. It’s a phenomenal team-bonding experience.
Heather Flansberg
Three Rivers Casino Resort
first time loved every minute
Boot Camp was thought-provoking, analytical, energizing, and fun! It was my first time and I loved every minute of it!
Jackie Bell
Three Rivers Casino Resort
awesome experience
Be prepared for an awesome experience! Very informative and interactive session where you are able to interact with other persons in the industry!
Kele Antoine
Dynamic1 Group, Trinidad